Statue of Adonis and dog circa 100 metres west of The Aviary

Waddesdon Manor Grounds, Waddesdon, HP18 0JH

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1159558
Date first listed:: 29-Jan-1985
List Entry Name:: Statue of Adonis and dog circa 100 metres west of The Aviary
Statutory Address:: Waddesdon Manor Grounds, Waddesdon, HP18 0JH

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1159558
Date first listed:: 29-Jan-1985
List Entry Name:: Statue of Adonis and dog circa 100 metres west of The Aviary
Statutory Address 1:: Waddesdon Manor Grounds, Waddesdon, HP18 0JH

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:: Waddesdon Manor Grounds, Waddesdon, HP18 0JH

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Buckinghamshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Waddesdon
National Grid Reference:: SP 72990 16554

Details

SP 7216-7316 10/163

WADDESDON WADDESDON MANOR GROUNDS Statue of Adonis and dog circa 100 metres to west of The Aviary

GV II Statue. Early C18. Italian. Carved marble. Shows standing figure of youth, probably Adonis, with dog beside him. C19 stone pedestal with moulded base, panels and cornice. (Catalogue No. 88)

Listing NGR: SP7299016554

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Legacy System number:: 42310
Legacy System:: LBS

Sources

Books and journals
Hodgkinson, T, The James A de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor Sculpture, (1970), 88
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 4 Buckinghamshire,

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.